Library of Formatting Examples:Front Matter/06A

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PREFACE
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This sketch of the History of Rome to 565 <sc>A.D.</sc> is primarily
intended to meet the needs of introductory college courses in Roman
History. However, it is hoped that it may also prove of service as
a handbook for students of Roman life and literature in general. It
is with the latter in mind that I have added the bibliographical note.
Naturally, within the brief limits of such a text, it was impossible
to defend the point of view adopted on disputed points or to take
notice of divergent opinions. Therefore, to show the great debt which
I owe to the work of others, and to provide those interested in
particular problems with some guide to more detailed study, I have
given a list of selected references, which express, I believe, the prevailing
views of modern scholarship upon the various phases of
Roman History.

I wish to acknowledge my general indebtedness to Professor W. S.
Ferguson of Harvard University for his guidance in my approach
to the study of Roman History, and also my particular obligations
to Professor W. L. Westermann of Cornell, and to my colleagues,
Professors A. L. Cross and J. G. Winter, for reading portions of
my manuscript and for much helpful criticism.

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<sc>A. E. R. Boak.</sc>

University of Michigan,
October, 1921
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Prefaces

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